On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 06:02:54 -0400, Ron Natalie
wrote:

Kyle Boatright wrote:
In the
homebuilt, antique, and classic areas, my experience is that you've gotta be
an early arriver to stake out enough room for an airplane and tent.
Otherwise, the plane will end up in showplane parking, with the tent a few
hundred yards away, crammed up against a bunch of other tents.


Not true. The parking area fills up faster than campign which goes on
practically forever to the south. Those people camped in the trees
(alternatively known as Sally's Alley or Calcutta depenidng on who you
ask) chose to camp there away from their aircraft. Many of them are
volunteers for the Vintage division.

Don't they fill up all the way South to the airport boundary fence
which is well beyond the end of the runway? Now that is the middle of
nowhe-))

I've always been able to get into showplane camping, but they always
question the age of the Deb which looks like a modern F-33, but was
built in 59.

Of course that does fill up early on, but you don't need to get there
a week ahead of time like I usually did.

BTW, what color is your Navion, Ron?

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com